School Violence and Firearms

October 5, 2006 -- Recent school shootings have raised questions about whether teens' access to guns can be curbed, why adult rampages happen, and why efforts to prevent school violence sometimes fail.

However, many of these issues cannot be tackled with existing data. Firearms and Violence and Deadly Lessons call for more comprehensive research to investigate theories about the scope and nature of lethal school violence, and to pinpoint factors that can lead to better prevention policies and programs.

• Firearms and Violence: A Critical Review (2004)
• News Release
• Deadly Lessons: Understanding Lethal School Violence (2002)
• News Release

• National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center